Workforce Development

We are working to support the needs of our regional business community.

We are partnering with our regional businesses and organizations to provide needed
training and commercial services both on and off campus. Local companies work with
our faculty members and students to conduct experimental research on campus.

Shawnee State University Engineering Technologies and the University of Rio Grande
and Rio Grande Community College's Industrial Technology program are taking manufacturing
on the move with a mobile education lab made possible by a grant through the Ohio Department of Higher Education's RAPIDS program.

HAZWOPER Training Resource

The Environmental Health and Safety Mobile Training Unit is a portable multi-function
hazardous material training facility which will be utilized across the region for
both college credit and non-credit training programs. The trailer will be used for
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard (HAZWOPER) training in
accordance with OSHA standards.

This trailer was purchased with funds awarded by the Regionally Aligned Priorities
in Delivering Skills (RAPIDS) grant. Ohio University's Southern Campus is collaborating
with grant partners Shawnee State University, the University of Rio Grande and Rio
Grande Community College, Southern State Community College and the Ohio Higher Education
Commission to provide workforce training to the region.

What training and commercial needs does your business have?

Shawnee State University might be able to help by providing non-credit training at
your site, on Shawnee State's campus or eventually in our new Innovation Accelerator
when it opens on Chillicothe Street later this year. Let us also know about any commercial
service needs (i.e. research, testing) your business might have. We're here to help
make our regional business community partners successful. Contact our Workforce Development
office at (740) 351-3322, or email our Workforce Development Coordinator, Angie Duduit,
at aduduit@shawnee.edu.

Shawnee State is a member of Ohio TechNet

Ohio TechNet is designed to transform the way in which higher education works with
current employers to better align higher education and training with industry needs
for Advanced Manufacturing in Ohio. Ohio TechNet works to better identify the most
pressing needs of businesses and accelerate training programs to fill the skills gap.
View the full overview of Ohio TechNet HERE.